38 Facts About Ed Mangano

Edward P Mangano was born on March 24,1962 and is an American former politician and disbarred attorney from the state of New York.

Ed Mangano was elected in 1995 and served seven terms as a county legislator.

Edward Ed Mangano was raised in Bethpage, New York, one of three siblings born to John and Rachel Ed Mangano.

Ed Mangano earned undergraduate and law degrees from Hofstra University.

Ed Mangano subsequently served as counsel to the Long Island law firm Rivkin Radler.

Ed Mangano represented the 17th legislative district of Nassau County as County Legislator for seven terms, from 1996, when the legislature was first formed, until 2009.

Ed Mangano served on the Rules Committee, the Public Works Committee, the Recreation and Parks Committee, the Procedures Committee, and the Economic and Community Development Committee.

Ed Mangano was replaced by fellow Republican Rose Marie Walker.

Ed Mangano's platform included promises to cut wasteful spending, freeze and fix Nassau's broken property tax assessment system, repeal the new tax on home energy and electricity use, and halt the practice of borrowing and relying on debt to pay current expenses.

Ed Mangano led the Republicans to a major victory, in which they took three of the four county-wide positions, and regained control of the County Legislature.

Ed Mangano stated that he no longer had an interest in this company.

Ed Mangano promised that if elected, he would repeal a $38 million home energy tax on homeowners passed by former County Executive Tom Suozzi, which cost households on average $7.27 a month.

Ed Mangano's administration estimated the repeal would save families and seniors hundreds of dollars each year.

NIFA did not consider Ed Mangano to have a satisfactory plan to make up for the lost revenue, and seized control of the county's finances.

Ed Mangano moved the county to a four-year assessment cycle so that the assessed property values would be more stable.

In May 2010, Ed Mangano returned to financing property tax refunds with new debt rather than out of its regular budget in what was described as a temporary measure, a move which was criticized by Democrats because it went against NIFA's wishes to end such borrowing completely.

In late October 2010, errors were found in the first school tax-roll released by the Ed Mangano administration, including incorrect tax-exempt statuses for various properties, such Nassau's own Executive Building, which was included on the roll at $56 million despite being tax-exempt, which contributed to assessing the county itself with an erroneous $1.3 million school tax bill.

Ed Mangano delivered his first "State of the County" address on March 15,2010.

Ed Mangano has reduced the public payroll, including highly paid managers, by $22 million in 2010.

Ed Mangano launched an effort to sell surplus property such as vehicles and equipment in an effort to reduce maintenance costs.

In 2011, Ed Mangano faced a $310 million Nassau County deficit.

In September 2011, Ed Mangano proposed selling the Nassau County sewer system to a private operator in a private-public partnership for $1.3 billion.

The Nassau Police Benevolent Association and four other Nassau police unions were sharply critical of this plan and of earlier concessions that Ed Mangano had called for, but a Newsday editorial supported it.

In March 2010, Ed Mangano reached an agreement with Democrats to amend the county's $166 million Capital Improvement Plan to align it with his priorities for the county.

Ed Mangano cited the redevelopment as a major economic and business development boost for Nassau County, as well as a job generator.

Ed Mangano put together the annual Cruise To The Show car show and parade in 2011, featuring concerts, fundraisers, and a parade of classic cars, as well as awards.

Ed Mangano, who is a classic car enthusiast, was joined by Governor Andrew Cuomo, and his vintage corvette at the 2011 show.

The governor and Ed Mangano want to make Cruise To The Show a huge East Coast car event in Eisenhower Park, and Ed Mangano stated his belief that it would increase tourism.

On July 22,2010, Ed Mangano announced he would immediately form a committee that would explore privatizing the bus service.

Ed Mangano announced that a five-person transportation committee will be formed, consisting of all Nassau residents, to oversee Nassau's bus future.

Ed Mangano has stated that this private-public partnership will save taxpayers $32.4 million annually.

However, on December 11,2014, Ed Mangano proposed cutting $4 million from Nassau County's NICE bus contribution to replace the $30 million that will be lost after the shutdown of Nassau County's controversial school speed zone cameras.

The charges allege that Ed Mangano helped restaurant magnate Harendra Singh with business deals and lucrative contracts with Nassau County, including a "six-figure contract to supply the Nassau County jail with bread and rolls", in exchange for free vacations, home improvements, a no-show job for Linda Ed Mangano as a food taster at one of Singh's restaurants, and other perks.

Also, Singh sought Ed Mangano's help in obtaining a loan guarantee from Oyster Bay Town Supervisor John Venditto to operate a restaurant at that town's beach.

On September 13,2022, as part of his appeal, his bail motion was denied by the US Court of Appeals, thus Ed Mangano has reported to prison at the Federal Medical Center located in Devens Massachusetts Pending appeal, Ed Mangano will serve 12 years and has been ordered to pay $10 million dollars in restitution.

In 2017, the Tax Revolt Party was effectively abandoned after its founder, Ed Mangano, chose not to seek re-election.

Ed Mangano had only the Republican line while the Democratic, Independence, and Working Families lines went to County Executive Tom Suozzi and the Conservative Party line went to Robert Bruno.

All of the Tax Revolt Party's petitions, other than Ed Mangano's, were invalidated or withdrawn.